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Shopping Options in Delhi
Delhi is famous for the shopping extravaganza ranging from the traditional
jewelry and handicrafts to the latest fashionable consumer goods.
Shopping in Delhi is a complete satisfaction because you get choose
from a wide range of options suiting every budget. The specialty of
shopping in Delhi is the availability of goods from all over India.
Delhi has specialized markets for different goods like Linen, leather,
antiques, silks and furniture.
If you are a lover of antique and traditional goods, then you are
in the right place. There are shops in Delhi
dealing in traditional art and crafts items, precious stones, pottery,
brassware, wood work done in rosewood and sandalwood. Delhi's old
and traditional shopping market lies in Old Delhi's Chandni
Chowk and Central Delhi's Connaught
Place. However, there are new trendy markets in Sarojini Nagar,
Lajpat Nagar and Karol Bagh where you will find goods ranging from
antiques to the latest fashionable items whether its apparels or the
consumer durable goods.
Specialty of Chandni Chowk still exists
where you will find small shops in the by lanes of the market. With
the emergence of new brands and brand conscious people, the shops
in Chandni Chowk have a modern look. You will find big showrooms
of Indian and International brands along with those small shops that
still bear the same importance. Sadar Bazaar and the Khari Baoli are
the main whole sale markets in the northern India. Chandni Chowk is
also famous for electronics and electrical goods.
Connaught
place is famous for its shopping with swanky showrooms of branded
companies. One can meet most of the shopping need in Connaught Place
because shops here deal in apparels, grocery, consumer durable goods,
handicrafts and antiques. Palika Bazaar
in Connaught Place is an underground market that is famous for electronic
items, leather goods, perfumes and apparels. Janpath market opposite
to Connaught Place is famous for cotton garments, furniture and decorative
items. Janpath is a famous attraction
for tourists and foreigners visiting Delhi.
Handicrafts
and cottage industry products can be found on the Tolstoy Road. Baba
Kharak Singh Marg is famous for the state emporiums from all stated
in India.
However, with the new Mall
culture in Delhi, people are more inclined towards shopping in
malls but the importance of these traditional markets still exist.
Major Shopping Centers in Delhi
Palika Bazar: the underground
market in Connaught Place is famous for electronic goods, leather
and apparels. There are so many small shops in the markets that you
have flexible options to choose from. Bargaining is very much a common
feature of this market.
Dilli Haat: Dilli Haat is located
in South
Delhi near the INA Market. It is famous for handicrafts and state
emporiums from different states across India. The stalls from these
states will give you the taste of the culture, food and tradition
of different states in India. Central Cottage Industries Emporium:
it is located at Janpath near Connaught Place. You can find varieties
of handloom and handicrafts from these emporiums. If you are a lover
such traditional art and craft works then you must visit the place.
State
Emporiums: these are located on Baba Kharak Singh Marg and
are famous for the traditional handicrafts from different states in
India. There is no bargaining and the prices are genuine.
Ambawatta Complex: it is located
on the border of Mehrauli village and is famous for the wide range
of products like apparels, jewelry and consumer durable goods.
Santushti Shopping Arcade: it is
located near the Samrat
Hotel in Delhi and is famous for handmade potteries and
fashionable garments.
Hauz Khas Village: it is a big
market of consumer durable goods. Fashionable garments, antiques and
furniture can also be had from the shops in Hauz Khas Village.
Karol Bagh: it is located in Central
Delhi and is famous for clothes, jewelry, electronic items and
other consumer durable goods. The market is an old shopping center
of Delhi and has come a long way with new showrooms and food
plazas all through the market.
Lajpat
Nagar Market: the central market in Lajpat Nagar is famous
for its cheap and best readymade apparels.
Sarojini
Nagar: the market is famous for its designer and latest fashion
clothes along with handicrafts and other consumer durable goods. It
is located in South Delhi, near Chanakya Puri. Sarojini Nagar is famous
among young generation because of its trendy clothes and fashionable
items.
South Extension: Located in South
Delhi, South Extension market is famous for exclusive showrooms of
Indian and International brands. South Extension has been divided
into South EX I and South Ex II on either side of the Ring Road.
Khadi Gram Udyog
Bhawan: khadi is a popular fabric these days with young generation
embracing it as a fashionable option. It is no longer limited to politicians
and old age people. At the Khadi Gram Bhawan, one can have fabrics
as well as ready made clothes of Khadi.
Market Holidays
Sundays
Azad Market, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Chandni Chowk, Chawri Bazar,
Connought Place, Hauz Khas Village, Hanpath, Khan Market, Khari Baoli,
Meena Bazaar, Nai Sarak, Nehru Place, Paharganj, Palika Bazar, Sadar
Bazar, Sabzi Mandi, Shanker Market, Yashwant Place.
Mondays
Ajmal Khan Road, Defence Colony Market, INA Market, Karol Bagh, Lajpat
Nagar Central Market, Nizamuddin, Sarojini Nagar Market, South Extension.
Tuesday
Aurobindo Place, C.R. Park, Greater Kailash, Green Park, Hauz Khas,
Munirka, New Friends Colony, R.K. Puram, Vasant Vihar, Masoodpur,
Vasant Kunj, Yusuf Sarai.
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